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"I would suggest bringing her into the castle, Hoggle, if you want your little girlfriend to be safe." came a rich yet teasing voice. It made Hoggle jump, surprised. "Yer majesty!" Hoggle cried. "I'se didn't know you was watchin'." Jareth chuckled. "Come now, Hoggle, I'm surprised at you, losing your head over a girl." Hoggle remembered the last time Jareth had said that to him, but knew the King was just teasing. They were friends, now, and Hoggle didn't have to worry.
"I ain't lost my head," the dwarf replied. He then glanced at Kaila. "Just me 'eart. But it's not like you've any right to speak." he said, refering to Jareth's love for Sarah. The Goblin King only laughed. "You're right. I don't. Now come inside and bring your lady friend here along. We've got planning to do if we're to defeat Karillion once and for all." Jareth said, heading back inside.
Kaila was well recieved by the rest of the family, and quite welcomed in the planning against her former master. The planning, however, did not get far before Karillion burst into the room, grabbing Kaila from behind. Hoggle was not happy at all about that. He ran up behind the evil Fae, ramming him, and forcing him to release Kaila. Karillion, ferious at this turn of events, fired a dark crystal at the dwarf. "Hoggle!" Kaila cried out, running to him.
Jareth threw a crystal of his own at Karillion. Unfortunatly, the damned Fae saw it coming, and grabbed Sarah as a sheild. Sarah was now trapped in the crystal meant for Karillion. Jareth and the other stood, frozen. "Not one false move, Jareth," Karillion growled. "Do anything other than what I tell you to, and I destroy the crystal and your beloved wife dies." Jareth did not like the mocking tone in the other man's voice. "What do you want, Karillion?" he asked.
Karillion laughed. "Not much, Jareth. First of all, I want you to name me King. Then, of course, I want you to give me the bride I was promised by your dear cousin. Don't worry. I'll make your daughter very happy as my queen..." Aaron growled lowly at this, but obeyed when Jareth signaled for him to be quiet. "I'm calling your bluff, Karillion," Jareth purred. It threw Karillion off-balance just enough that Aaron and Trevor were able to jump him. Meanwhile, Hoggle was waking up.
Karillion, who still had a tight grip on the dark crystal that held Sarah, and not knowing that the dwarf was awake, threw the crystal. Hoggle dived for it, his hands going around it just before it shattered. Jareth, finally destroying Karillion for good, went over, taking the crystal in his own hands, looking it over. "Damn," he said, softly. "What's wrong, Father?" Trevor asked, worried about his mother. "It's cracked," Jareth said. "Your mother's life escense is seaping out."
"Can't you fix it, your majesty?" Fanell asked. Jareth nodded slightly, running a finger over the cracks. "I'll have to seal it for a while. I don't know how long it will take to find the spell to get her out of the crystal. We'll just have to pray that we're not too late when we find it..."
A year later...
Jareth kneeled down next to Sarah's grave. It had been a year since he had lost her, since Karillion had gotten his revenge. He had stepped down from the throne the day after Sarah's funeral, giving it over to Trevor. Since then, he had stayed very private, often coming out to his wife's grave when he was lonely. Just as often, he spoke to Sarah's spirit, as he was doing on this visit, telling her about what was happening.
"I wish you had survived, Sarah," Jareth whispered, tears in his eyes. "I know you would have enjoyed the past year since Karillion's death. Victoria had twins, a boy and a girl. She named the girl Sarah, after you. The boy's name is Sollon." Jareth paused, sighing slightly, wiping more tears away from his eyes. "Trevor married Fanell, and Sarah and Sollon will have a little cousin in about 7 months. There's another marriage that's about to happen, as well. Hoggle's."
At this, Jareth allowed himself to chuckle slightly. He and Sarah had often teased the dwarf, asking him when he was going to find that special someone and settle down. "Yes, that's right, my love. Hoggle is going to marry Kaila. But it seems he'll be leaving our Kingdom because of it. You see, my Sarah, it seems Kaila is really a queen of her and Hoggle's people. It would seem he has a habbit of that, attracting the hearts of queens." Jareth said softly. That had been another private joke between the two.
"Oh, Sarah," Jareth whispered softly. "I wish I could hold you in my arms again..." Jareth was starting to cry too hard, now. He couldn't speak anymore. Instead, he simply stood, heading back to the castle after conjuring a crystal and leaving beautiful roses, Sarah's favorite flowers, that were enchanted so as to never wilt, on Sarah's grave.
